I'm a horror writer hoping to make the step to director.
I have a 7D, lenses, lights, Manfrotto tripod, Sony Vegas, and a shed load of scripts.
All I need now is camera movement equpment and I am ready.
I am looking into glide tracks for that gorgeous sideways establishing mid-shot.
Anyway, question is this..
These tracks can cost an arm and a leg for a mere metre of smooth movement. But.. what makes it slow?
Question sounds stupid, but I understand a smooth movement with no jerks or changes in direction.
But as far as the slowness goes, is it down to cameraman skill or does a professional glide track give 'resistance' to maintain a steady speed?
I've never had or even seen one of these things up close so I have never got to play with one.
http://www.glidetrack.com/products/sd-range/glidetrack-sd.html
It's hard to find a shop in the UK with these kind of things in-store.
So to summarise, do they resist against irratic pressure fluctuations or are they simply a rail and carraige and it's down to you to be smooth?
If it's the latter, I can engineer something like that in my sleep.
Anyway thanks for your time.